The rise of an African middle class [[electronic resource] ] : colonial Zimbabwe, 1898-1965 / / Michael O. West

• Autore: West Michael O (Michael Oliver)
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.5/5/096891
• Soggetto topico: Middle class - Zimbabwe - History
• Soggetto geografico: Zimbabwe Colonial influence; Zimbabwe Politics and government 1890-1965
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-308) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Running against the wind : African social mobility and identity in a settler colonial society -- Courting "Miss Education" : the love affair with social mobility -- The quest for bourgeois domesticity : on homemakers and households -- The best of all homes : housing and security of tenure -- A new beginning : the roots of African politics, 1914-1933 -- Found and lost : toward an African political consensus, 1934-1948 -- Back toward the beginning : the pursuit of racial partnership, 1949-1958 -- An aborted coronation : in search of the political kingdom, 1955-1965.
• Sommario/riassunto: ""Offers an extremely sophisticated, nuanced view of the social and political construction of an African middle class in colonial Zimbabwe."" -- Elizabeth SchmidtTracing their quest for social recognition from the time of Cecil Rhodes to Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of independence, Michael O. West shows how some Africans were able to avail themselves of scarce educational and social opportunities in order to achieve some degree of upward mobility in a society that was hostile to their ambi
• Titolo autorizzato: The rise of an African middle class
• ISBN: 0-253-10933-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782934703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II